GWOZA — Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has ordered the immediate closure of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in Bama, the largest displacement facility outside Maiduguri, the state capital.
The governor also disclosed that the IDP camp in Gwoza would be closed within the next few weeks as part of the state government’s ongoing resettlement programme.
Zulum made the announcement on Thursday in Gwoza after an assessment visit to the Government Secondary School IDP camp.
“We visited Bama yesterday and supervised the screening of IDPs, and by 12 noon, the Bama IDP camp should be closed,” the governor said.
“Today we are here in Gwoza. We have profiled all the occupants and, Insha Allah, within the next two or three weeks, this camp will also be closed.”
